TASK Party Feb. 6 Requires Parent Waivers for Under 18

Participants at the Feb. 6 TASK Party at the University Galleries who are 15, 16 or 17 years of age will require a signed parent or guardian waiver in order to attend the event at Illinois State University.  Adults accompanying anyone that age who is not their child or ward should make sure they have signed waivers.

Waiver forms are available at the University Galleries or by calling (309) 438-5487 or e-mailing gallery@ilstu.edu

The TASK party, which begins at 1 p.m. and is open free to anyone 15 or older, involves attracting a varied gathering of friends, strangers and others to spend an afternoon completing tasks, or watching others complete the tasks until they cannot resist trying one themselves.  New York artist Oliver Herring, who invented the TASK Party, will direct the event.

Participants reach into a "task bucket" and pull out a slip of paper with a task written on it. The person completes the task (sing a song, write a song, build a fort, braid someone's hair, stand on one leg, build a human pyramid, make shirt out of foil and wear it, etc.), any way they interpret it, then writes a new task on a slip of paper and puts it in the bucket.